In the News: Research and Development in Renewable Energy, Small Wind Markets

Renewable Energy WorldNew Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center Integrates Wind Power as part of Energy-Conscious Design
Five small wind turbines are among energy-conscious features of the new Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center dedicated today. Wyoming Governor Matt Mead, along with other state officials, hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony at the 27,000 square foot, $12 million project, which houses a visitor welcome center, rest area facilities and Wyoming Office of Tourism offices.

John O’Groat JournalSmall-scale turbine plan being ‘slipped under the radar’
Highland Council planners have been accused of trying to slip small-scale wind farms under the radar in an effort to meet Scottish Government targets of producing all the country’s electricity through renewables by 2020.

Report HeraldVestas Wind Systems lays off 200 workers at its Windsor blade factory
Wind-turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems made it largest Colorado job cut Thursday, laying off about 200 workers at its Windsor blade plant. The cut represents 29 percent of the plant’s workforce. Vestas also had laid off workers at plants in Brighton and Pueblo.

Center for American ProgressWind Power Helps to Lower Electricity Prices
Here’s something that shouldn’t surprise anyone: A company that benefits from high power prices is lobbying for policies that would raise power prices for consumers. What should surprise everyone, however, is the sheer audacity of their effort: using a deeply flawed study to argue that tax incentives for wind power are “distortionary” while arguing for the exact same incentives for their preferred technologies.